For March, our travel blogging challenge theme is: Green. Be creative about what Green means to you, whether it’s the environmentally conscious green of eco-travel, the vibrant green in your photography, or even the green of St. Patrick’s Day, we want to see how creative you can get with this theme. You may choose […]

This is the text of the joint press release announcing that Athens has been chosen as the destination for TBEX Europe 2014. PRESS RELEASE City of Athens: TBEX 2014, the biggest gathering of travel bloggers and writers worldwide, will take place in Athens Following coordinated and methodical efforts over the last three months […]

We are thrilled to announce Athens, Greece as our host destination for TBEX Europe 2014. TBEX Athens will be held at the Megaron Conference Center October 23-25, 2014. Athens, Greece. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Are you envisioning the great philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle? Or perhaps Pericles, supervising […]

Making a living is tough, making a living writing is even tougher. Last year, I had a spark of inspiration that birthed an idea that I thought could help others. At first I didn’t want to tell anyone; I was so sure that someone else would take the idea and use it. Eventually I […]

For February, our travel blogging challenge theme is: Style. Whether you write about travel and fashion, architectural styles, traveling in style, the travel lifestyle, artistic style, or anything else related to your definition of style, we want you to share one of your very best posts with the TBEX community. Give us a look […]

There’s been a theme to questions and comments on the TBEX social streams lately. “Hey, where’s TBEX going to be in 2014?” “Have you guys already announced the 2014 TBEX locations yet?” And, one of my personal favorites, this one has come up several times: “Oh, you know where it’s going to be already […]

For January, our travel blogging challenge theme is: Travel and Food. We’re asking you to share a blog post about one of your favorite food experiences with our community. We know that for many of you, travel is all about the food experience – so we hope you’ll tell us all about it. Let […]

A very big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our first TBEX Travel Blogging Challenge. We had 222 linked up travel blog posts, a number that simply blew us away. I hope you had a chance to discover some travel blogs and bloggers that you weren’t familiar with and, that you’ll refer back […]

“Can I ask for some volunteers?” I’m usually a stand-in-the-shadows kind of gal, but when touring the Old Jameson Distillery as part of the TBEX Dublin experience, my hand shot up. I had heard that volunteers got the chance to taste more whiskey, and I wasn’t about to turn that down. Our guide handed […]

This post about guest post mistakes was previously published on the NMX blog, but I wanted to share it here as well, since travel bloggers aren’t immune to HORRIBLE guest post inquiries!!! Doesn’t it just make you cringe when you see a subject line in your email inbox about a guest post? No, don’t […]

Michael Collins interviews TBEX CEO Rick Calvert about why Europe is such an important part of the TBEX experience. Rick also gives some inside info about what TBEX has to offer – from pre-BEX trips and tours, through the conference with great speakers, to all the post-conference events. Find out what you missed in […]